Insulator And Conductor Embracing Holder Patents (Class 174/154)
  • Patent number: 10246941
    Abstract: A bracket assembly is disclosed to secure a cable bundle to a ladder rung. The bracket assembly includes a metal bracket and protective grommets. The metal bracket has a first member, side walls and second members. The first member of the metal bracket is parallel to the second members of the metal bracket. The protective grommets are secured to the metal bracket. The protective grommets have a base member, sleeves extending from the base member, a side member and a bottom member. The assembled metal bracket and protective grommets receive the ladder rung and the sleeves of the protective grommets wrap around the cable bundle positioned on the ladder rung to secure the cable bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: David J. Sylvester, Richard H. Kasal, Rodney G. Rouleau, James R. Ward
  • Patent number: 10071613
    Abstract: A controller controls an air-conditioning device so that air of the air-conditioning device is supplied to a cabin based on a warm-up state of air of the air-conditioning device. When remote air conditioning is performed, the controller controls the air-conditioning device so that air of the air-conditioning device is supplied to the cabin even in a state where the warm-up state is lower than in a case where air of the air-conditioning device is supplied to the cabin of the vehicle in the operation air conditioning. In a manner described above, a vehicle capable of suppressing power loss and lengthening of charging time in heating during the remote air conditioning and the preliminary air conditioning is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hirabayashi, Kunihiko Jinno, Hiroaki Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10008799
    Abstract: A connector module includes an electrical connection structure including: a plurality of electrical wires; and a wiring plate on which the electrical wires are wired. Each of the electrical wires is coated with an insulating coating, and includes: a wiring portion wired on the wiring plate; and an electrical connection portion to be physically and electrically connected to a counterpart electrical connection portion. The wiring plate includes a surrounded recess-shaped portion. The electrical connection portion and the counterpart electrical connection portion are arranged in the recess-shaped portion and are formed such that a physical and electrical connection part thereof is housed in the recess-shaped portion. The connection part is covered with an insulating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keisuke Ozawa
  • Patent number: 9929488
    Abstract: A connector module includes an electrical connection structure including: a plurality of electrical wires; and a wiring plate on which the electrical wires are wired. Each of the electrical wires is coated with an insulating coating, and includes: a wiring portion wired on the wiring plate; and an electrical connection portion to be physically and electrically connected to a counterpart electrical connection portion. The wiring plate includes a surrounded recess-shaped portion. The electrical connection portion and the counterpart electrical connection portion are arranged in the recess-shaped portion and are formed such that a physical and electrical connection part thereof is housed in the recess-shaped portion. The connection part is covered with an insulating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keisuke Ozawa
  • Patent number: 9832995
    Abstract: A synergistic microbicidal composition containing synergistic combinations of a phenolic compound selected the class consisting of chlorinated phenols, monosubstituted phenols, fused bicyclic phenols, isopropyl methyl catechols and monosubstituted catechols and an antimicrobial alcohol selected from the class consisting of propen-2yl-methyl-cyclohexanols, menthadiene alcohols and substituted cyclohexyl propyl-1,3-diols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Cornmell, Megan A. Diehl, Stephen Golding, John R. Harp, Ian P. Stott, Katherine M. Thompson, Carol L. Truslow
  • Patent number: 9820483
    Abstract: A synergistic microbicidal composition comprising: (a) at least one microbicide selected from the group consisting of a monosubstituted phenol and an isopropyl methyl phenol; and (b) at least one microbicide selected from the group consisting of substituted cyclohexyl propyl-1,3-diols, propen-2yl-methyl cyclohexanols and menthadiene alcohols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Cornmell, Megan A. Diehl, Stephen Golding, John R. Harp, Ian P. Stott, Katherine M. Thompson, Carol L. Truslow
  • Patent number: 9484727
    Abstract: A retention device for cables includes a plurality of channels configured to receive a plurality of cables having connector ends. The retention device includes a plurality of openings extending from the plurality of channels to an outer edge of the retention device such that the plurality of cables can be inserted into the plurality of channels. The retention device includes means for removably attaching the retention device to another retention device. The retention device is fabricated to be semi-rigid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: John William Eichelberg
  • Patent number: 9472929
    Abstract: Cable assembly including a cable harness having insulated wires, a shielding layer that surrounds the insulated wires, and a protective jacket that surrounds the shielding layer. The shielding layer includes an exposed portion that clears an end of the protective jacket. The cable assembly also includes an assembly housing having an internal cavity and a loading passage that provides access to the internal cavity. The exposed portion of the shielding layer is positioned within the loading passage. The insulated wires extend through the internal cavity and are terminated to corresponding electrical contacts of a contact assembly. The cable harness includes an adhesive layer that is coupled to the exposed portion. The adhesive layer is engaged with an interior surface of the assembly housing along the loading passage. The adhesive layer includes a conductive thermoplastic material that electrically couples the shielding layer to the assembly housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Jared Evan Rossman, Julia Anne Lachman, Jeffrey Stewart Simpson
  • Patent number: 8963006
    Abstract: A press-clamping structure includes: an aluminum electric wire having a conductor portion in which strands of aluminum or aluminum alloy are twisted; and a terminal which includes a bottom plate portion for placing the conductor portion thereon, and a pair of conductor caulking pieces which are provided consecutively to the bottom plate portion and are caulked to hold the conductor portion placed on the bottom plate portion. The conductor caulking pieces are bent so that distal end portions thereof are inserted into the conductor portion, to thereby embrace part of the strands of the conductor portion. At least one projection is formed on the bottom plate portion between the conductor caulking pieces. Outer surfaces of the respective distal end portions of the conductor caulking pieces are oriented towards the projection. The strands are partially held between the outer surfaces of the respective distal end portions and the projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Goro Kuwayama
  • Patent number: 8789799
    Abstract: A cable holder for a cable includes a guide section for guiding the cable that can be pivoted in sections for a change in direction of a run of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Aninger, Dieter Hotz, Cengiz Kücük, Christian Mesarosch, Pedro Sancho, Sebastian Wagner
  • Patent number: 8759683
    Abstract: A high-voltage bushing includes a housing and a tube disposed within the housing. A conductor is disposed within the tube. An electrically conductive contact member is connected to the tube and has a first opening to receive and contact the conductor. Accordingly, spark-over between the inner surface of the tube and the outer surface of the draw-lead cable caused by a high-frequency transient is substantially prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Chungduck Ko, Shibao Zhang, Eric R. Weatherbee, Andrew V. McNulty, Kata Cirkovic
  • Patent number: 8642891
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a dry silicone gel in a closure or interconnect system. The dry silicone gel may be made by reacting a crosslinker, a chain extender, and a vinyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane. The reaction may be conducted in the presence of a catalyst. In certain embodiments, the dry silicone gel may comprise: (1) a hardness between 100 g and 300 g, (2) a stress relaxation between 30% and 60% when subjected to a deformation of 50% of the original size of the gel, (3) a compression set between 4% and 20% after 50% strain has been applied to the gel for 1000 hours at 70° C., and/or (4) less than 10% oil bleed out under compression of 1.2 atm after 60 days at 60° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH, Tyco Electronics Raychem BVBA, Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Stephane J. G. Berghmans, Michael A. Oar, Miguel A. Morales, Gary W. Adams, Anne-Marie Prins, Nathalie Hendrickx, Guenter Feldmeier, Rudi Kraemer, Bert Bergner, Kristof Vastmans
  • Patent number: 8525037
    Abstract: A suspension board with circuit includes a gimbal portion. The gimbal portion includes a tongue portion formed at the inner side of the opening for being mounted with a slider mounted with a magnetic head for being electrically connected to the conductive layer, an outrigger portion formed at the outer side of the opening to support the tongue portion, and a passing portion passing through the opening of the gimbal portion and/or an outer side region of the outrigger portion. The passing portion includes the conductive layer and the insulating layer covering the conductive layer. The thickness of a lower half portion of the insulating layer in the passing portion is the same as that of an upper half portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventor: Masaki Mizutani
  • Publication number: 20130206455
    Abstract: A spacer assembly includes a first clamping body having first and second ends and first and second protrusions extending from the first and second ends, respectively. A second clamping body has third and fourth ends and third and fourth protrusions extending from the third and fourth ends, respectively. A first gripping member disposed between the first and third ends has first and second openings for receiving the first and third protrusions, respectively, such that the first and third protrusions pass completely through the first and second openings to contact a first conductor received by the first gripping member. A second gripping member disposed between the second and fourth ends has third and fourth openings for receiving the second and fourth protrusions, respectively, such that the second and fourth protrusions pass completely through the third and fourth openings to contact a second conductor received by the second gripping member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Hubbell Incorporated
  • Publication number: 20130118778
    Abstract: A protector includes a trunk wire insertion portion and a branch wire insertion portion that projects from a peripheral edge of a branch wire outlet provided to one or two side walls in a center length direction of the trunk wire insertion portion. Cuts are provided from upper end side to the two side walls of the peripheral edge of the branch wire outlet of the branch wire insertion portion. Engagement tabs project from the upper end of one side wall of the opposing two side walls of the trunk wire insertion portion, and engagement holes are provided to the other side wall of the opposing two side walls so as to engage with the engagement tabs. After a trunk wire and a branch wire are inserted, the engagement tabs are inserted to and engaged with the engagement holes to close the upper end of the two side walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuten Takahashi, Taiki Sudo
  • Patent number: 8419841
    Abstract: An air processing device is provided by which a current-carrying section is attached to a casing by an insulating member having a covering section covering an outer periphery face of a current-carrying section and a tube-like section in which a power source-side end of the covering section is supported by a tube bottom section. This consequently secures a long insulating distance from an electric discharge spray section and a charged dust collecting section via the current-carrying section to the casing. As a result, the respective electrodes and the casing can have an improved insulating performance therebetween even under an environment where water droplets are supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Tanaka, Kanji Motegi, Tsunahiro Ohdou
  • Patent number: 8309852
    Abstract: An apparatus for dual acting strain relief is provided. In one embodiment, a strain relief apparatus comprises: a main body having a base member including a first surface and a second surface, and a cone member extending from the first surface of the base member, the cone member including an orifice that penetrates through the main body to the second surface; a primary clamp that secures to the main body and shaped to interface with the base member to form a first set of clamping surfaces where the orifice penetrates the second surface; and a secondary clamp having a tapered cavity therein that penetrates through the secondary clamp and is shaped to receive the cone member. A surface of the tapered cavity and a surface of the cone member form a second set of clamping surfaces. The second set of clamping surfaces provide an electrical path to the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Schrock
  • Patent number: 8134075
    Abstract: A wire organizer providing an accommodation for power supplies, an attractive and compact compartment, and an easy and unlimited variety of adaptations to suit the user's purpose, having an attractive top cover and a functional main panel on which a multiplicity of hook and loop fasteners have been placed in strategic positions, so as to retain in a neat and organized fashion a multiplicity of wires and cords, power supplies and power strips, all having mating hook and loop fasteners to connect to those of the main panel, and a means by which the organizer may be hung either vertically or horizontally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Inventor: Susan Vail
  • Patent number: 8003014
    Abstract: The present application is directed to dielectric isolators for use in aircraft fuel systems to control lightning induced current and allow dissipation of electrostatic charge. The dielectric isolators are configured to have a high enough impedance to limit lightning currents to low levels, but low enough impedance to allow electrostatic charge to dissipate without allowing buildup. Although the dielectric isolators may develop a potential difference across the dielectric length due to the effects of lightning currents and its inherent impedance, they are configured to withstand these induced voltages without dielectric breakdown or performance degradation. In one embodiment, the dielectric isolator includes a tube constructed of a composition including a thermoplastic organic polymer (e.g., PEEK) and carbon nanotubes, and a pair of couplings attached to opposing ends of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Clifton P. Breay, Sara D. Pfannenstiel, Stephen C. Matthews, Edward W. S. Bryant
  • Patent number: 7968797
    Abstract: A modular insulator system and assembly for attaching a conductor to a support member. The modular insulator assembly includes an insulator body attachable to a support member. A conductor retainer is attachable to the insulator body in a manner that forms a conductor passage between the conductor retainer and the insulator body. The modular insulator system includes an insulator body selected from a top-mount insulator body, a support passage insulator body, an insulator body including an extended neck, a surface mount insulator body and a combination surface/T-post mount insulator body the insulator body attachable to the support member and a conductor retainer selected from a group of conductor retainers including a bare conductive wire retainer, a narrow gage conductive tape retainer and a wide gage conductive tape retainer, the selected insulator body attachable to a support member and the selected conductor retainer attachable to the selected insulator body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Inventor: James L. Williams
  • Patent number: 7745738
    Abstract: A cable holder unit is mounted in an electronic device mounting a plurality of units connected with cables. The cable holder unit has a cable holder assembly having cable holders and a support section for supporting the cable holders and a mounting section for mounting the cable holder assembly. The support section has a groove and a movable section having a projection that is to be inserted into and penetrates through the groove. The mounting section has a pivoting section that enables the support section to pivot and an anchoring section that engages with the projection to stop the support section from pivoting. The cable holder unit also has a preventing section for preventing adjacent units under the mounting section from being pulled out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Takaya Nakayama
  • Patent number: 7671274
    Abstract: An apparatus fixing a power cable to an insulator, which clamps the head of the insulator to fix the power cable to an insulator head, easily and firmly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignees: Korea Metal Technology & Management Research Institute
    Inventors: Byung-Jun An, Jeom-Dong An
  • Publication number: 20090301759
    Abstract: A modular insulator system and assembly for attaching a conductor to a support member. The modular insulator assembly includes an insulator body attachable to a support member. A conductor retainer is attachable to the insulator body in a manner that forms a conductor passage between the conductor retainer and the insulator body. The modular insulator system includes an insulator body selected from a top-mount insulator body, a support passage insulator body, an insulator body including an extended neck, a surface mount insulator body and a combination surface/T-post mount insulator body the insulator body attachable to the support member and a conductor retainer selected from a group of conductor retainers including a bare conductive wire retainer, a narrow gage conductive tape retainer and a wide gage conductive tape retainer, the selected insulator body attachable to a support member and the selected conductor retainer attachable to the selected insulator body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventor: James L. Williams
  • Patent number: 7525048
    Abstract: Device for the protection from effects of an electric field, of the metal parts of chains of insulators of already mounted and operational high-voltage transmission lines includes: a fastening/support plate; anchoring elements to anchor the plate to the suspension yoke of the conductors of the transmission line, the anchoring elements being adjustably mounted on the plate according to at least two degrees of freedom; and at least one guard ring, which may be anchored on the plate with fastening elements. The plate has an upturned-U cross-section and its upper surface is formed by geometrically coupling with the lower surface of the suspension yoke. The anchoring elements include a pair of arms articulately, mounted on the plate; such articulation including, for each arm, a pin pivotally, mounted within seats formed in the plate perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis thereof, and a pair of holes running through the pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: A. Salvi & C. S.p.A.
    Inventor: Aldo Tufari
  • Patent number: 7501580
    Abstract: A wire management system is provided to neatly and efficiently assembly the many wires of an electronic component system such as a personal computer without tangling and intertwining. The system utilizes a container having axially aligned upright posts with hooks at their upper ends to keep wires wound around the posts in the wound position. A preferred embodiment utilizes axially aligned slots and movable and lockable posts in the slots to change the wiring configuration depending on the wire to be taken up. Clips may also be utilized to secure the wire in the container. Female and male mating flanges allow the user to connect one or more containers increasing the capacity of the wire management system. Another system uses pairs of posts with a space therebetween so that the wire can be wound around the outside of the posts or threaded through the space and also around the posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Inventors: Anthony S. Pagoto, Don A. Sebastian
  • Patent number: 7455531
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to flexible boards, electrooptic devices having flexible boards, and electronic devices. In one example, wires are disposed longitudinally along the length of a flexible board. Terminals are arranged laterally across the width of the flexible board near an end of the flexible board, the terminals being electrically connected to the wires. Plating lead wires are electrically connected to the terminals and extend longitudinally from the terminals to a lateral edge of the flexible board. The width of the plating lead wires is less than the width of the wires. In certain embodiments, at least a portion of the terminals are alternatingly displaced on the flexible board in a staggered manner. This abstract is intended only to aid those searching patents, and is not intended to be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims in any manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corportion
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hirabayashi, Tomoaki Miyashita
  • Publication number: 20080275438
    Abstract: A cable stand-off for use with an electrosurgical system includes an accordion body portion having a plurality of panels, and a plurality of hinges. Each panel has at least one hole formed therethrough. The holes of the plurality of panels are axially aligned with one another. The plurality of hinges couples adjacent panels to one another. In one embodiment, the hinges couple adjacent panels in a tip-to-tail fashion. The accordion body portion may be made of a flexible material. Each panels may further include at least one slot extending from a hole to an edge of the panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Peter Gadsby, Dirk I. Johnson
  • Patent number: 7446260
    Abstract: A versatile modular device for organizing, shortening, and securing a plurality of cords such as cables, ropes, strings, lines, tubes and wires, having a simple design which permits easy removal or addition of cords and a straightforward method for wrapping and securing an individual cord to a desired length. The device utilizes a rectangular box design having slotted side panels. The side panel slots are slanted and sized such that a plurality of modular reel bars may be inserted therein, will not slip out accidentally, and may be removed or added without disturbing the other modules. Each reel bar is designed with a plurality of apertures for securing a cord at varying lengths, leaving only the desired amount of cord loose. The device includes an electrical power strip for streamlined electrical power access and may be secured to a desk or table by appropriate attachment means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Inventor: Jack Hammonds
  • Patent number: 7429701
    Abstract: A cord retaining apparatus includes a receptacle for receiving a head of a cord. A brack is mounted near the receptacle including an upper stop. An arm is pivotally attached to the bracket. A first length of the arm extends distal from the receptacle and a second length of the arm is substantially perpendicular to the first length. The arm is movable into and out of a position in which the second length is behind the head of the cord preventing removal of the cord. The upper stop prevents the arm from moving into a position where the arm does not naturally fall into the position behind the head of the cord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Kushnir, Marius Popescu
  • Publication number: 20080173466
    Abstract: An encapsulating permanent wire connector is comprised of a housing provided with a first port and a second port. At least one division wall extends coaxially in a portion of the housing to a side of a straight central axis of the housing and defines an electrically isolating cavity in the housing. The housing has an opening to inject a sealing substance therein. Air evacuation holes are associated with the electrically isolating cavity for the escape of air therefrom when a sealing substance is injected within the housing with soldered wire connections being disposed in the housing and isolated from one another by the electrically isolating cavity. In a preferred embodiment, there are two spaced-apart electrically isolating cavities with a central cavity therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventor: Michel Morand
  • Patent number: 7326855
    Abstract: A device for stacking wires or cables is provided. The device includes an attachment portion capable of attachment to a stud or other anchor, and a wire or cable receiving portion connected to the attachment portion. The wire or cable receiving portion has a plurality of segments which form a generally serpentine-shaped spine, thereby providing a plurality of wire or cable receiving slots. A pair of spaced apart tabs extend from each main portion. Each said tab has an end attached to the respective main portion and an opposite end which is free. Each tab curves outwardly and downwardly from the respective main portion and at least partially overlaps the respective wire or cable receiving slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Greenlee Textron Inc.
    Inventor: Wilbur Keith Moffatt
  • Patent number: 7312399
    Abstract: A device (1) for fastening elongate elements (2) such as cables or bundles of cables or the like to a structure (S) includes at least a first flexible self-gripping strip (3) having a loop-closure system on a first face (30) and a second flexible selfgripping strip (4) with a hookclosure system on a first face (40) The first and second flexible strips (3 and 4) adhere at least in par.t one against the other via their second faces (35 and 45) that are self-adhesive, so as to form a flexible collar (C) by uniting at least their facing free end zones (51 and 52) The device further includes a rigid plate (10) for constituting a support for fastening the device (1) to the structure (S).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Eurocopter
    Inventor: Gaël Girot
  • Patent number: 7297874
    Abstract: A fixture includes a fitting portion fitting a long member, a mounting portion mounting a stationary portion which is shaped into a rectangular in cross section. The mounting portion includes a base portion and a first clamping portion and a second clamping portion. The first clamping portion and the second clamping portion extends in a first direction substantially perpendicular to an extending direction of the base portion from both ends of the base portion. The first and second clamping portion clamps the stationary portion therebetween. The clamping portions respectively has slip-out preventive portions. A projected portion is provided on an inner face of the first clamping portion. The second clamping portion is flexibly formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tsukasa Yasuda, Masahiko Nishihara
  • Patent number: 7294789
    Abstract: A one-piece retainer has a base with an integral band clip and a fastener for securing an electrical cable or wire harness to a vehicle component, as well as a pair of arms for supporting another cable or a hose on the component. The base has a cradle extending along a length of the base. The arms extend from each end of the base outward from the cradle. The arms have curved sections creating interior spaces aligned with and spaced away from the cradle. Ledges extend from the base opposite each arm, forming an opening to each interior space between the ledge and a tapered edge of the curved section of the arm. The openings face in opposite directions. A cable or hose is twisted or turned relative to the base such that part of the cable or hose can be rested on the ledges in alignment with each opening. Then the cable or hose is twisted or turned back and inserted or snapped into the interior of each arm to seat along the cradle. The arms resiliently clasp the cable or hose in the cradle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Yazaki North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Malaythip Watthanasintham
  • Patent number: 7276666
    Abstract: A holder for mounting conduits and tubes at a carrier in airplanes, including a basic body and at least one slide-in part. In this context, the basic body has a recess for receiving the slide-in part. The slide-in part is held in an end position in the recess. By means of the slide-in part, the basic body may be disposed at the carrier. The holder is designed to receive conduits and tubes with a diameter in the order of magnitude of 30 to 50 mm thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Lutz Zeuner, Hans-Georg Plate, Lueder Kosiankowski, Hans-Peter Guthke
  • Patent number: 7276667
    Abstract: A press-fit sealed electronic component includes an electronic component, a plug to be equipped with the electronic component, and a tube to be sealed by press-fitting the plug, wherein the plug is brought into close contact with the tube through a tin-free alloy layer. A method for producing a press-fit sealed electronic component includes the steps of forming the plug and the tube with a nickel silver material, forming a tin-copper layer by plating on each surface of the plug and the tube, forming a copper-zinc alloy layer at the interface between the nickel silver material and the tin-copper layer by heat treatment, removing the tin-copper layer remaining on the copper-zinc alloy layer to expose the copper-zinc alloy layer, and bringing the plug into close contact with the tube through the exposed copper-zinc alloy layer to seal the tube by press-fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihide Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 7247799
    Abstract: A cord management device includes a receptacle (110, 210) defining an interior space (120, 220) capable of containing a power strip (140, 240). The receptacle includes a stationary portion (111, 211) and a cover (115, 215) attached to the stationary portion as with a hinge such that the cover is capable of movement between a first position, in which the cover substantially encloses the interior space, and a second position, in which the interior space is exposed. The cover has a cutout (117, 217) therein. The stationary portion includes a cord management feature (113, 213). The cutout in the cover interacts with the stationary portion of the receptacle to form an opening in the receptacle when the cover is in the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Belkin International, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Mori, Barry Sween, Yoko Iida, John Wadsworth
  • Patent number: 7247798
    Abstract: A wire management system is provided to neatly and efficiently assembly the many wires of an electronic component system such as a personal computer without tangling and intertwining. The system utilizes a container having axially aligned upright posts with hooks at their upper ends to keep wires wound around the posts in the wound position. A preferred embodiment utilizes axially aligned slots and movable and lockable posts in the slots to change the wiring configuration depending on the wire to be taken up. Clips may also be utilized to secure the wire in the container. Female and male mating flanges allow the user to connect one or more containers increasing the capacity of the wire management system. Another system uses pairs of posts with a space therebetween so that the wire can be wound around the outside of the posts or threaded through the space and also around the posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Inventors: Anthony S. Pagoto, Don A. Sebastian
  • Patent number: 7230181
    Abstract: A cord holding device and method of use. An embodiment of the device includes a sheet of material having a turned end. The turned end is selectively positionable between a closed orientation and an open orientation. In the open orientation, an opening is formed between the turned end and the sheet to allow for the cord to be inserted within an interior section. In the closed orientation, the turned end wraps around the cord to retain it within the device. A method of using the device comprises mounting the device to a position to receive the cord. A holding section is unturned an amount to allow for the cord to be inserted within the interior section of the holding section. After cord insertion, the holding section re-turns and wraps around the cord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Inventors: Joseph William Simmons, Randall Wade Hatfield
  • Patent number: 7219863
    Abstract: A wiring clip for securing electrical wiring to metal framing members. In a specific embodiment, the subject clip can secure the wiring a required distance from the nearest edge or face of the metal framing member to which a wall board is to be secured. The wire clip generally resembles an open frame having a wire receiving area formed in the main body, where the wire receiving area is centrally located within the main body. The wire clip is generally of U-shaped configuration, with two arms being joined to the main body. The end of the first arm is bent to form a J-hook, such that the J-hook can be hooked about a first inner edge of a metal stud. The end of the second arm comprises a clip, such that the clip can be removable, secured about the second inner edge of the metal stud. The arms, as well as the main body, are resilient, such that the arms and the main body will embrace the metal stud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Inventor: Maury E. Collett, II
  • Patent number: 7205481
    Abstract: A cable manager includes a first cable management section having a plurality of open-ended, U-shaped troughs separated by fingers. A second cable management section has a plurality of open-ended, U-shaped troughs separated by fingers. The second cable management section has a bottom surface contacting a top surface of the first cable management section to close the open-ended, U shaped troughs of the first cable management section. The second cable management section is secured to the first cable management section. A cover is secured to a top surface of the second cable management section to close the open-ended, U shaped troughs of the second cable management section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: The Siemon Company
    Inventor: Carrie Higbie
  • Patent number: 7188415
    Abstract: A cable assembly comprises a plurality of electrical or fiber-optic cables, a spacer, and a collar. The cables are arranged lengthwise in a bundle, which includes a segment having a cross-sectional arrangement organized into a plurality of columnar sections of contiguous cables. Each columnar section has at least one cable. The spacer is disposed between adjacent columnar sections of cables and thus forms a dividing line between the adjacent columnar sections. The spacer spans substantially entirely across a cross section of the segment of the bundle in one direction. The collar is disposed entirely around the bundle and the spacer along at least a portion of the segment. The collar is sufficiently tight such that the collar and the spacer cooperate to hold the adjacent columnar sections in substantially fixed relative positions within the cross-section of the bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Carlyle, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul W. Robinson, Terry M. Kleeberger, Billie D. Eliot
  • Patent number: 7166805
    Abstract: A cable assembly includes a plurality of electrical or fiber-optic cables, a spacer, and a collar. The cables are arranged lengthwise in a bundle, which includes a segment having a cross-sectional arrangement organized into a plurality of columnar sections of contiguous cables. Each columnar section has at least one cable. The spacer is disposed between the adjacent columnar sections. The spacer spans substantially entirely across a cross section of the segment of the bundle in one direction. The collar is disposed entirely around the bundle and the spacer along at least a portion of the segment. The collar is sufficiently tight such that the collar and the spacer cooperate to hold the adjacent columnar sections in substantially fixed relative positions within the cross-section of the bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Carlyle, Inc
    Inventors: Paul W. Robinson, Terry M. Kleeberger, Billie D. Eliot
  • Patent number: 7105747
    Abstract: A harness excess-length absorbing apparatus (1) includes a protector (4) for receiving a wire harness (14) in a folded-back condition, a harness guide member (7) which is provided in a folded-back portion (14a) of the wire harness, and can be moved in a longitudinal direction of the wire harness, and urging members (5) urging the harness guide member in a direction to draw the wire harness into the protector. Flanges (26) are formed on and project substantially perpendicularly from opposite ends of a harness guide surface (25) of the harness guide member (7), respectively, and a claw (27) for holding the wire harness is formed at each of the flanges. The claws (27) are offset from an apex of the harness guide surface (25) toward one side of the harness guide surface. The pair of claws (27) are provided at each of the opposite sides of the harness guide surface (25) generally in a diametrical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoyasu Terada
  • Patent number: 7098406
    Abstract: A versatile modular device for organizing, shortening, and securing a plurality of cords such as cables, ropes, strings, lines, tubes and wires, having a simple design which permits easy removal or addition of cords and a straightforward method for wrapping and securing an individual cord to a desired length. The device utilizes a rectangular box design having slotted side panels. The side panel slots are slanted and sized such that a plurality of modular reel bars may be inserted therein, will not slip out accidentally, and may be removed or added without disturbing the other modules. Each reel bar is designed with a plurality of apertures for securing a cord at varying lengths, leaving only the desired amount of cord loose. The device includes an electrical power strip for streamlined electrical power access and may be secured to a desk or table by appropriate attachment means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Inventor: Jack Hammonds
  • Patent number: 7071418
    Abstract: A cable fastener for stacking cables has a base that is positioned against the stud on a lower surface of the base, a spine that extends from the upper surface of the base and arms that extend perpendicularly from the spine and define slots between them. The slots have open ends that are closed by a separate L-shaped leg that is hinged to the base adjacent to the end of the lower-most slot so it can be pivoted to a position generally perpendicular to the base and adjacent to the ends of the slots so as to close the slots. The end of the leg distal from the base has a locking member for engaging the uppermost arm or another component of the fastener to lock the leg so as to block the open ends of the slots. The leg is hinged to the base by a living hinge that can be formed in the plastic molding process. On the side of the spine opposite from the arms, a nail guide member extends for nailing the fastener to the stud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Actuant Corporation
    Inventors: Daryl C. Brockman, David A. Huebschen
  • Patent number: 7057109
    Abstract: The guide protector for harness includes a guide main body and a cover, said guide main body for slidably inserting, from one side to the other side, an electric wire drawn from a wire-excessive portion absorbing device of absorbing the portion of the excessive length of the wire, and said cover of protecting the opening of said guide main body and preventing the wire from rising, and the wire-excessive portion absorbing device and the guide main body are separately constructed, and a wire guiding part is provided in curve for restraining the leading direction of the wire at a wire leading side of the guide main body, so that the wire is pulled following the guiding face of the side of the luggage door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoyasu Terada
  • Patent number: 7053311
    Abstract: A fixing device for fixing an elongate member along a plate member includes a holding portion which holds the elongate member, an engagement member which retains the plate member and a resilient portion which resiliently contacts with a face of the plate member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Tsutomu Santanda
  • Patent number: 7041912
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an installation device for cables (6) that are to be laid along walls, with cable holders (5) and a cover (10). The present invention makes provision such that the cover (10) is configured as a cable cover profile strip (1) with a front cover strip (2) and side cover strips (3) that extend from its two side edges (201), which can be wound on to a winding body and then unwound from same in order to be installed; the two side cover strips (3) are connected to the front cover strip (2) through a folding or hinged connection; in the wound-on state (LT), the two side cover strips are folded inward with their unattached side edges (301) facing each other, and extending in the same direction as the front cover strip (2); and in that each of the two side cover strips (3) can be moved into the installation position (MA) by being folded away from the front cover strip (2), transversely to the longitudinal dimension of said front cover strip (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Wien Kanal-Abwassertechnologie GesMbH
    Inventors: Helmut Kadrnoska, Gerhard Reiss, Alfons Fietz
  • Patent number: 7019215
    Abstract: A wiring harness clamp is provided with a main body, a locking projection projected from the main body, and a pair of resilient latch arms extended from both sides of a top surface of the locking projection directed to the main body. Each of the resilient latch arm includes a latch portion including a guiding bevel at the distal end thereof. When the locking projection is inserted to a mounting hole of a panel, the latch portions are engaged with a peripheral border of the mounting hole. When the main body is pulled up so that the guiding bevel abuts the peripheral border, the resilient latch arms are elastically bent so as to cancel the engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Arai